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Show RAVAGES OF LICE H AMONG CHICKENS H In tho current Issue of Farm and H FIresldo a contributor tells about tho H ravages of lico among chickens and H reports his best solution of the prob- H lent. Following Is nn extract. lH "Thousands of newly hntched ll chtckB that dlo without apparent ll causo owo their early dem so to lice. IH Both the regular hen house and tho ll red mlto aro an abiding meniico to " IH growth, health and egg production. ; H "A successful turkey raiser of my H I acquaintance, declares that a single jH louso will kill a young turkey. Ho H BA'otdB enl sting tho services 'Of liens J H to lintch out young turkeys becnuso t thoy hre so likely to bo bearers of J lico. If left to herself and given plen- ( ty of rnngo the turkey hen rids her- :-' self of thcso pests nnd establishes B a nest nt eoiiio point quite remote ' J from tho homo roosting place and Mi tho proximity of lico. : "Many people who anticipate great t jH results from fowls a,llow them to bo ! ' literally devoured by lico. Frequent- 'M ly a bird falls olT tho perch dead '"'! during tho night nnd sitters dlo on tH tho nest from lico. 'iH "Even If tho fowls do llvo for a lilH tlmo in splto of tho lico thoy will la- fi' tor succumb to cholera, dyscntry nnd jH other diseases to which a lowered vl- ' ' tallty has rendered them susceptible P- "I tried many experiments in an ' endeavor to n,bato tho lico nuishnco i'H such as using whitewash nnd with Itl carbolic acid, melted nlum, kerosene 1 ,H nnd gasoline applied to tho perches !! but all proved unsatisfactory, for as 1 soon lis such applications dried or fl evaporated tho pests camo out of IrH their hiding lnccs and traveled the . ' walls Intrepid ns ever to renew their i'l attacks on their sleep ng victims. hl "My next method, which pioved Hi successful was to fill an open bushel i ,H basket tr box with quicklime and i i keep It in it dry placo until it air I'l slaked. As soon as it had rnllcn in iH the consistency of flour it was ready ,H for uso. Now I applied ti small quan- '11 tity whero tho cuds of roosts wero fB attached to building and scattered ti M good dusting of It on tho ground un- M der tho roosts. I cleaned out the old H materials in nost boxos and put In fl new straw and sifted an ouuco or H two of tho llmo Into tho straw. 1 "Lico cannot cudUro crawling In jH this harp lime dust nnd being pie- M vented from getting on tho roosts thoy starvo out. When n hen goes !H on tho nest sho rustles around, and :M the llmo dust getting In her feathers ,M soon drives all lico off. ! "Since using air slaked llmo twice jH a1 year, spring and fall, I have seen M no moro mltC3 on the walls or on the ,M eggs of sitters." M |